For the second half of Germany against Curacao, Julian Nagelsmann (38) didn't substitute any players. Instead, the coach of the German national team changed his top in the locker room. In the first half, Nagelsmann watched his team's World Cup opening match wearing a dark polo shirt with light vertical stripes on the front. But in the second half, he stood on the sideline in Houston in the US state of Texas wearing a black T-shirt.
"At halftime it was very warm," Julian Nagelsmann reported after the game in response to a question from ARD presenter Esther Sedlaczek (40). That's why he swapped the polo shirt for a thinner piece.
Nagelsmann wanted to "reward" fans with new shirt
According to Julian Nagelsmann, the new shirt had a special meaning. Because on the back, according to the national team coach, were the names of fans. "The fans are also on the back there and the fans created a great atmosphere," he said with a wink. "So I wanted to reward them with one or two names on my back."
In the interview with Esther Sedlaczek after the game, the national team coach was wearing the third outfit of the day, by the way. He now had on an official T-shirt. It was also black, with the DFB logo and federal eagle on the left side of the chest, and the three white stripes of sponsor Adidas to the right of it. After the match, Nagelsmann had also changed his pants. Instead of the beige trousers he wore on the bench, he now had on a dark pair.
In the first half, Julian Nagelsmann watched the early opening goal by Felix Nmecha and the surprising equalizer by the underdogs from Curacao while wearing the polo shirt. They went into the locker room sweaty with a 3:1 lead. In the second half, the coach experienced in his airy outfit how his team increased the result to 7:1.
